Degenerative Myelopathy

While I was doing research to update a story about laser therapy for dogs, I stumbled onto the results of a new study. It said, laser therapy prolongs the lives of Degenerative Myelopathy dogs. In my book, this is very exciting news, but I don’t remember reading about it in April 2020, when the results …

Degenerative myelopathy in dogs is a heartbreaking progressive neurologic disease that attacks the spinal cord. Also known as chronic degenerative radiculomyelopathy and canine degenerative myelopathy, the disorder causes the slow breakdown of the white matter in the spine. DM is a common cause of paralysis in large breed, older dogs between the ages of 8 …